Drotte-Roche mixup

David Stockhoff · 20 Apr 2011, 22:59 · from 2011-April.txt.gz

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From: dstockhoff at verizon.net (David Stockhoff)
Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2011 18:59:24 -0400
Subject: (urth) Drotte-Roche mixup
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Interesting. So the basic idea is body-as-a-tool? That is, a tool can be 
used for good or evil, and therefore so can a person?

In addition, I'm sure, to the whole question of what-is-a-person and 
what-is-a-soul.

On 4/20/2011 11:42 AM, Jeff Wilson wrote:
> On 4/19/2011 6:49 AM, David Stockhoff wrote:
>> Sorry, I forgot to actually say what I was talking about. I meant the
>> wrapping-a-body-in-a-body thing specifically. (If a body meet a body
>> wrapped in a body coming through the rye...)
>>
>> Rose's hands appear to be gloves of a kind, that seem to work on both
>> bios and chems by covering the limb, not replacing it. That is, I doubt
>> Rose actually lost her limbs and needed new ones---she merely lost the
>> use of them due to extreme age.
>>
>> But of course this kind of thing is just a subcategory of prostheses and
>> cyborg-robotics in general among Wolfe's characters.
>
> I think it might be part of his theme about how a single action can 
> serve many purposes, variously good and evil, ultimately doing the 
> will of the Increate. Even Nicky, who wears his own hands in "The 
> Death of Dr Island", has a divided self. The non-speaking Nicky 
> crassly gropes , but considering how the speaking Nicky can 
> gratuitously simulate the rage denied him by medication, it may really 
> be an act of kindness to discourage the girl from being too close to 
> his dangerous self.
>


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